“This is what Aristotle meant when he said that the object of science is the necessary and the universal; man and not… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. { His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle }” — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
“Within certain limits terminology is always arbitrary. But the definition of being-true as unveiling, making manifest, is not an arbitrary, private invention… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
“I have this idea that the reason we have dreams is that we're thinking about things that we don't know we're thinking… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“The void is 'not-being,' and no part of 'what is' is a 'not-being,'; for what 'is' in the strict sense of the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever wanted to go to war, but if a war came your way, it might as well be the right war,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit” ―Aristotle,” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have come to appreciate the pivotal distinction between Plato’s concept of Eternal Truths versus Aristotle’s experience-based understanding. I also now realize… — Ken Elmgren Copy Share Image
“as architect of choosing... choose. to. live. awakened. entirely. wholly. wildly powerful, deeply masterful, authentically creative, thriving. this is not a hoped-for… — LaShaun Middlebrooks Collier Copy Share Image
People have contemplated the origin and evolution of the universe since before the time of Aristotle. Very recently, the era of speculation… — George Smoot Copy Share Image
Of course, women have long exercised influence behind the scenes. A few thousand years ago this drove Aristotle to distraction: 'What difference… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
“The late duchess wore around one finger a diamond icicle band, known as a water-stone in Elemental mythology. There is no definite… — Alexandra Monir Copy Share Image
“Aristotle affirms that philosophy did not pass from Greece to Gaul, that is to the Druids, but was received from them.” — John Daniel Copy Share Image
“What are the units of ontology really that I should be a part of a whole, but not be, in all my… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
Since Socrates and Plato first speculated on the nature of the human mind, serious thinkers through the ages - from Aristotle to… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
“It is often asked: Why was capitalism destroyed in spite of its incomparably beneficent record? The answer lies in the fact that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“When I saw that Moses’ version of the Genesis of the world did not fit sufficiently in many ways with Aristotle and… — Gerardus Mercator Copy Share Image
“In the history of philosophy, the term “rationalism” has two distinct meanings. In one sense, it signifies an unbreached commitment to reasoned… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
“Every skill and every inquiry, and similarly every action and rational choice, is thought to aim at some good; and so the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“All drama is about lies. All drama is about something that’s hidden. A drama starts because a situation becomes imbalanced by a… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“{ On to contributions to evolutionary biology of 18th century French scientist, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon } He was not an… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
“Lady Gregory, in a note to her play Aristotle’s Bellows, writes: Aristotle’s name is a part of our folklore. The wife of… — Hilda M. Ransome Copy Share Image
